Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oup

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: oup
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Oxford University Press.

adv

Pronunciation spelling of up.

Example Sentences

"While the OED itself does not feature these definitions, they do appear in other reference books produced by the publisher, as well as online dictionary Lexico, which takes its content from OUP dictionaries."

Questions

What does oup mean?: Initialism of Oxford University Press.

How to pronounce oup

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